• The allure of the post-modern – A response to Robert Shepherd 

  Ryan, Chris; Gu, Huimin (Elsevier, 2010)

  In this paper the authors offer a response to the critique of Robert Shepherd that argued that the original paper that offered an analysis of the 4th Buddhist Festival at Wutaishan, Shanxi Province, China, was both self ...

• Buddhism and tourism: Perceptions of the monastic community at Pu-Tuo-Shan, China 

  Wong, Cora Un In; McIntosh, Alison J.; Ryan, Chris (Elsevier Masson, 2013)

  While there exists a considerable body of literature on pilgrimages and religious tourism, research on Buddhist pilgrimage sites remains scant. In particular, little has been published about how tourism is perceived by the ...

• The Buried Village, New Zealand - an example of dark tourism? 

  Ryan, Chris; Kohli, Rahul (Routledge, 2006)

  In 1886, the explosion of Mount Tarawera resulted in the loss of 150 lives and the burial of the village of Te Wairoa, the base from which tourists had visited the Pink and White Terraces, a silicone-stained natural formation ...

• Business networks and the uptake of sustainability practices: the case of New Zealand 

  Collins, Eva Marie; Lawrence, Stewart R.; Pavlovich, Kathryn; Ryan, Chris (Elsevier, 2007)

  This paper reports on the adoption of sustainability practices by a sample of over 800 firms in New Zealand, contrasting results from members of the Sustainable Business Network (SBN) with non-members. The study also ...

• The changing structure of the Chinese hotel industry: 1980–2012 

  Gu, Huimin; Ryan, Chris; Yu, Larry (Elsevier, 2012)

  This paper describes the structure and challenges facing the domestic Chinese hotel industry at the start of the second decade of the twenty-first century. It notes the progress that has been made and the increasing ...

• Framing New Zealand: How International Media Project the Images of Aotearoa 

  Pan, Steve (The University of Waikato, 2006)

  Travel stories (travelogues) are a potentially important source through which people can understand different cultures. They could be consulted as frames of reference for immediate or future travel decisions. Consequently, ...

  

• The role of values in destination decision-making: The Indian travel market 

  Dassanayake, Dassanayake Mudiyanselage Chaminda (University of Waikato, 2017)

  Destination decision-making has gained considerable attention in the field of tourism research because it relates directly to the destination selection behaviours of tourists, and thus to formulating and implementing ...

  

• Chinese culture, tourism and a television series: Grand View Gardens, Beijing 

  Zhang, Xiaoyu (University of Waikato, 2015)

  Film tourism is a growing phenomenon worldwide. Popular films and television series shooting in a destination can be seen as a very efficient driver for attracting tourists. This thesis was conducted at a Chinese film set, ...

  

• Corporate social responsibility in the New Zealand hotel industry: An explorative study 

  Mackenzie, Murray James (University of Waikato, 2015)

  This explorative study examines the extent to which New Zealand 4 and 5 star hotel managers have adopted CSR practices and their commitment through CSR participation. Additionally, this study investigated the influence ...

  

• Hotel Corporate Social Responsibility: Guest Satisfaction, and Repeat Purchase Intention in China's Domestic Hotel Market 

  Zhao, Kuan (University of Waikato, 2014)

  The fast development of China’s economy in the past two decades has created a series of CSR related problems, for instance, customer and employee rights, environmental pollution, natural resource shortage, and community ...

  

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